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Beware of your facility limit

When looking for a factoring oir invoice discounting facility it is important that you look at your requirement and your growth plans. Thne overall facility is the maximum amount that a lender will provide you without agreement to increase the … Continue reading

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The impact of concentration limits on a factoring facility

Concentration limits are often ignored until funding is restricted and at this stage it is often too late. A concentration limit indicates how much of a debtor book a lender will allow with a single debtor. When I say allow … Continue reading

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Dragon touches on basic house keeping and cash flow

Writing the first in a new series of guest blogs for the Institute of Credit Management (ICM), serial entrepreneur James Caan suggests that small businesses need to act to remove the barriers to payment and he urges smaller businesses to … Continue reading

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Factoring for an air conditioning company

Our latest client is an air conditioning company that was looking for a cash flow solution. They had approached their bank for an invoice finance facility but because some of their work was underpinned by contracts with main contractors the … Continue reading

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Finance for a new start recruitment company

We see a lot of enquiries for new start recruitment businesses where someone working in recruitment has decisded to start up on their own. These can range from a one person operations right through to well capitalised multi office operations. … Continue reading

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Cash Flow Problems – what are the available solutions?

If your business has cash flow problems you may want to look for financial solutions. We can explore what these options are but you can also focus your internal operations to operate more efficiently. In terms of operations you can … Continue reading

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Exports and Foreign Subsidiaries

We have new capabilities in terms of assisting businesses with a lerge element of exports or perhaps even a foreign subsidiary they wish to finance from the UK. It is often suprising that so many lenders are adverse to funding … Continue reading

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Factoring fees. Are they increasing?

The headline rates for factoring fees seem to be reducing again as lenders return to the market and competition increases. This is obviously good news. However, there does seem to be a lot of additional fees being introduced by lenders. … Continue reading

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Recruitment Finance

Recruitment finance comes in various formats and with various added on services. Typically it is a requirement of temporary recruitment companies who have a weekly payroll yet only get paid by clients on a monthly basis if they are lucky. … Continue reading

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New Year – New Finance Facility?

As it is the new year would it be worth reviewing your finance facility? It is probably a worthwhile exercise for the following reasons: you may be paying a minimum base rate which means you are paying too much and … Continue reading

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